A same-sex couple applied for marriage in the Diya application.

One of the lovers, Vitaliy Tsaryuk, told about it on Facebook.

LGBT couple Vitaliy Tsaryuk and Viktor Nazarenko understand that they will be rejected due to the ban on same-sex marriages in Ukraine, but they say that they "wanted to feel a bit like an equal person."

"Victor and I applied for same-sex marriage in Ukraine. Starting today, Ukrainians can apply for marriage on the Diya website. The system does not check the gender of applicants. We have been in a relationship for 7 years. During this time, we have experienced so many different experiences that Netflix is ​​enough seasons for 8. But for the state, we will continue to be nobody to each other," he said.

Tsaryuk explained the difficulties faced by same-sex couples in Ukraine.

"I still cannot be enrolled in the partner's "family" insurance. In the event of my death, Viktor will have to pay a tax of 5% of the value of my property, which will pass to him under a will, which must be concluded for money, which people in registered marriage

Jointly acquired property in these 7 years still does not belong to both of us.

And this is a bunch of equipment, bicycles and one unfinished house.

The results of the medical examination are a secret and are communicated only to the bride and groom, says the Family Code, which will also come in handy when I am old and incapacitated," says Vitaly.

Earlier, the Ukrainian woman said that she was marrying an LGBT soldier to ensure the rights of his partner.

We will remind that in August of last year more than 25 thousand Ukrainians signed a petition on the legalization of same-sex marriages.

In his response, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Constitution needs to be changed in order to legalize same-sex marriages, and this cannot be done during martial law.

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